Re: [H] Combos vs. Singles

Was your "cure" proceeded by an initial aggravation?
Jamie

On 19/12/2011 14:26, Rosemary C. Hyde, PhD. wrote:
> Hi, Shannon, For what it's worth (it doesn't say anything about chords), I
> had an interesting experience with a combo remedy a few months back -- I
> found it instructive. I was in New York, came down with a terrible cold,
> analyzed the symptoms, and realized it would respond to Kali-i. I did not
> have that remedy with me, and couldn't find it in Whole Foods or any place I
> could identify near me. At CVS Pharmacy, where I went to get Tylenol, I
> found a homeopathic combo cold remedy that when I read the label I saw
> contained Kali-i. I thought, Oh, what the heck?" I got it and tried it,
> and was astounded when it worked beautifully. So apparently if the remedy
> you really really need is in a combo it can still act without being canceled
> out by the other remedies. This makes sense in light of what I learned in
> school that if you don't need a remedy it won't have an effect on you,
> unless you take it to a point of proving.
>
> It made me feel a whole lot less negative than I had, to combination
> remedies.
>
> Like I said, for what it's worth. I still find that ordinarily the right
> remedy, taken singly, works much better than combinations, most of the time.
>
>
> Warmly, Rosemary
>
> Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase,
> just take the first step."
> ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: homeopathy-bounces@homeolist.com
> [mailto:homeopathy-bounces@homeolist.com] On Behalf Of Shannon Nelson
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 7:43 AM
> To: homeopathy@homeolist.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Combos vs. Singles
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Fran Sheffield wrote:
>
>> It is certainly an area we need more research in. For starters:
>>
>> 1. Do complexes cancel out some of the pathogenetic symptoms of some
>> of
>> the remedies in the mix (I think they do).
> I have been told -- in years long past -- that some homeopaths would make up
> complexes for a patient based upon good knowledge of how those remedies were
> known to interact with each other. (In most cases this appears not to be
> the case, tho.)
>
>> 2. Does the same thing happen with chords of potencies in a complex.
> Some people use chords regularly. I wonder if any of those people are
> on here now, and if they would feel brave enough to mention it? :o)
> I can't now remember who'd mentioned it -- in years long past, before civil
> discussion of "disputed areas" had become to energetically rejected by
> certain members.
>
>
>> 3. How many remedies and how many potencies are too much (I am shocked
>> at the number going into some complexes).
> I wonder if you are thinking of something like the Apex formulas?
> Huge numbers of remedies and potencies. But they are both used and
> formulated by something different from the familiar homeopathic process.
> That's about all I know about that... Reading the ingredients list it
> *looks* like a sort of combination homeopathic (because of some familiar
> names, and also because of potency labels), but they aren't, and aren't
> marketed as such.
>
>> ...
>>
>> I used to think they were the devil's work but now accept them, take
>> advantage of the openings they create, and try to educate people about
>> their sensible role and appropriate use. In this way excesses and
>> misinformation can be controlled and people introduced to real
>> homeopathy by comparison and contrast. If we don't do that they
>> confuse everything as homeopathy.
> This makes complete sense to me...
>
>> But .... we are now moving into an even more contious area - that of
>> potentised allopathica.
> ? Are you referring to potentized version of drugs, or ??
>
>
>> As the use if this type of remedy increases there will be an even
>> greater need for us to understand what homeopathy is and what it
>> isn't. My opinion is that consumer awareness (and the
>> skeptics) will drive this.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Fran Sheffield
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